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t The Omaha Sunday Bee 1 FART I. HEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 6. No Flltfhy nsaMofia THE OMAHA DEC Best' tlT. West ( VOL. XXXVII Nd. 9. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORXINO, AUGUST 13, 1907 FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FEAR THE BOYCOTT Unwritten Law Reaches Higheit Efficiency. A IRISH PI PERIL BECOMES A DANGER i igenU of League Now Boast Openly of Its Power. BEADY CASE BECOMES FAMOUS Family Living on Evicted Farm Feels Power of People. OFFICIALS BECOME IMPLICATED Juries Do Net Coavlet Wknf Friendly Fereoae Arc Arciwd Sltaatloa ta Gronlm Dangerous. IjONDON. Aug. 17. (Special.)-Accord-1ns to dispatches and articles published In the English papers the "Irish peril" Is now Very serious. A correspondent who Is trav eling through the country writes from Drumkeerln, County Leitrlm. as follows: Bel en Ufla boycotting has reached the high est stage of efficiency In Counties Leitrlm and Roscommon. It Is the "unwritten law" of these rich truing districts, and as th "unwritten .law" It Is known and feared if by -rich and poor alike throughout the country. Agents of the United Irish league boast openly of Its power. A mere threat to, punlh a man by the "unwritten law" la often sufficient to bring him to his knees In submission. No one can appreciate the far reaching effects of a highly skilled boy cottlng movement who has not studied the system at close range tn this part of Ire land. Some of Its results may seem almost Impossible In a supposedly civilised land. The cases in Leitrlm do not arise directly out of cattle graslrg. for the Leitrlm cat tle are sent Into Roscommon to grase, and there, are very few ranches here. The his toric riot at Car rick-on-Shannon a few wteks ago. In the presence of Lord Dudley and his fellow commissioners, arose out cf an attempt to send a herd of bullocks from Balllnagleragh into Roscommon. They were met on that side of the Shannon and scat tered. But in Leitrlm the "unwritten law" I . . 1 .. ,.alnat 1 nill. rim riBUIVWiiif v, o -. - pants of evicted farms. There are now alxty-flve evicted farms In Leitrlm, of which lorty-flve are derelict. Some of the others Tiave been relet, and the tenants or care takers of these farms are boycotted. Seven families at least are thus banished from civilisation. As Mr. Justice Wright said tt the Leitrlm assizes, no one will deal with them, sell to them, work for them; they ere cut off from all Intercourse with the human race, except wtlh their guar llana and protectors the police, One Remarkable Case. ' fawiven In the local snnala of boycotting nm esse stands out rar Deyona ine oin ' srs. It Is known throughout Ireland as the most relentless, persistent case of per secution on record. It Is the case of , Thomas Brady, caretaker of two evicted -forms In the Balllnagleragh mountains. For two years Brady and his family have been ostraclaod. hunted by a mob when ever they ventured outside the police cor lon around their farmhouse, forced to travel twenty and thirty mllea at night In ordor to get food, 'and Teduced to a pitiable state by gradual starvation and constant terrorism. Brady la a sturdy, well-preserved old tnan, a typical Irish peasant farmer In appears nan, with several sons. His farms are located on theGrofton estate, on -F Illevs-an-Ireln, a steep and rocky moun f tain In tha Balllnagleragh chain. He re fused to leave the farm, which hla neigh bors thought should ba returned to ths forme tenants, and a rigorous boycott was declared, which has continued with out the truce of even an hour, to the pres ent day. Volunteer pickets watched tha fnrma night and day. When tha scanty stork of provisions was exhausted and Brady or his sona started In their lit tle donkey cart for a village to buy sup plies, the pickets gave the alarm and all the residents In the Bslllnagleragh region f - left their work and trooped after their vlctlma. No shopkeeper was allowed to sell them food. Brady was refused at Dowra, the town nearest his farms; men at Balllnagleragh, Drumkeerin and Drum hando. A howling mob would follow the .Bradys, pelting them with stones, and oc casionally beating them with clubs. It was evident that unless they had po Pro" tectlon they would starve to death In their mountain cabin. Consequently a detach- (v .- mant of unwilling constublesi was sent Into this wilderness for the sole purpose of protecting the wretched family from tha fury of their neighbors. But even the polloo could not raise the siege. The Bradys wont to market with their armed ecort, yet their enemies, who assembled 400 and too strong, continued their attacks. OSseera 1st Family, Mora than a year ago young Martin Brady." a thin, half-starve boy, left tha arm at 1:10 In the morning, accompanied by his brother, to try to buy soma provis ions, for tha family had nothing to eat. Ha waa mistaken, however, In thinking that hla persecutors were asleep. Vldettes were watching tha house as closely aa they did In broad daylight, and gava the alarm. When Brady reached Drumkeerln. on his . (way home again with supplies, after a twenty-five mile drive, the mob met him n the falrgreen with horns and drums, '(bay ripped open the bag of meal, broke the firkin, ecatteret the groceries ami imed the donkey loose. Then the police Jormed a cortfon across tha road and drew their batons In order to prevent the tlradys from being murdered. The boys were finally taken to tha local barracks tor tha night and returned home next day . tiTKler guard. Eight residents of tha Balllnagleragh dls- trlct. Including a county councillor, were charged with unlawful assembly In con sequence of this attack. Ths result of these persecutions has been almost aa ex traordinary as the boycotting Itself. The prisoners were tried first by a Bllgo Jur, . which disagreed. They were tried again at the next assises, by a Leitrlm Jury, which tlsagreed. They war tried for a third time by another Leitrlm Jury, this Bioat h, which disagreed. And they are to be tried a fourth time at tha Connaught winter assises. After tha third disagree ment the Bradys returned despairingly, ( amid hoots and jeers, to their mountain ome. An Gisesalis r el lee Fere. ' TMa boycott compels the authorities to maintain aa expensive force of polios on ueve-an-Ireln. Ia fact. It may be regarded aOlsttUauaaV eaV FUI& Fage, SUMMARY OF TOE BEE t IS, 1907. 1907 August idov in mo rut. wio row rai ai g S I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TXat WSATKSB. FORECAST FOR 'NEBRASKA Fair Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. Holy Deg. t a. m 70 1 p. m 1 a. m ffi I p. m T a. m 70 p. m 83 I a. m ,. 72 4 p. m S5 a. m 75 6 p. m 84 10 a. m 79 p. m SJ II a. m R2 7 p. m U U m 86 DOMESTIC Telegcaphers' strike becomes a dead lock . between contending forces. with the companies claiming that practically no advantage was secured from the gen eral strike order. The union leaders as sert .that the companies are practically tied up so far as effective work is con cerned, x. Far a Bubonic plague has been discovered in San Francisco, deaths already having re sulted. 2, Fage a Nebraska Railway commission cuts corn rates 10 per cent below the reduc tion of the Aldrlch bill and wheat IS per cent. X, Fags 1 Robert Plnkerton, head of the detective agency, dies at aea. X, Faf 1 Francis LBau, freight traffic manigcr of the New York Central road, says that rebating Is now a thing of the past. X. Fays 1 United States has made remarkable growth in Its naval fighting strength, ranking second among the powers now, S. Fags 1 E. H. Harrlman denies some portions of his Reno, Nev., Interview. X, Fage X United States Steel corporation pays the largest rental for offices on record. X, Fage a Wabash train leaves track near Kan dolph, Mo., and two passengers are In jured. X, Fage t Mine elevator cage drops at Sonmin and five miners are killed. X, Fage 9 Judge Smith McPherson rules against Mutual Life Insurance company In Its preliminary suit over the L. H. Perkins' Insurance policy at Topeka. X, Fags X Excavating machinery Is to bo sent to the canal tone. X, Fage X Incidents of the telegraph strike In Washington. X, Fage a romxxoxr. Outlook for the future of China Is gloomy, because of the bitter feuds ex isting between the Manchus and the mandarine. Dowager empress is seri ously 11L X, Fage X The boycott, known as the unwrltton law, Is one of the most terrible weapons of the people In Ireland. X, Fage X Germany Is losing caste in Turkey and the advice of the kaiser Is no longer sought by the sultan. X, Fage X Formal meeting of the peace confer ence Is held at Tha Hague, when the del egates discourse upon the desirability of disarmament and of the real Intention of the csar In calling the meeting. X, Fage a rzniSEi. Railroads take prompt action to remedy minor grounds of complaint at the sug gestion of the State Railway commis sion. X, Fag's 3 X.OCAX. Vice President Mohler of the Union Pa clflc says that rond and others are will ing to proceed with necessary Improve ments at Union station, hut are held bick by "bluejay" habits of others. - X, Fage 4 Judge Albert of Columbus. secktur fusion' nomination for supreme bench, visits Omaha to feel pulse of the demo cratic and populist brethren. X, Fage 4 Present circumstances Indicate move ment to secure commutation of aentence of Harrison Clarke may result .In at least a stay of execution. X, Fags 4 In the death of Henry A.- Walton, an aged hermit in Sheridan county. Ne braska, Is unfolded a , strange story in which romance plays a big part. XX, Fage 10 Rock Island Plow company Is still com pelled to seek another Site for Its new building. X, Fage 8 County commissioners and Juvenile court officers agitate the erection of u permanent detention home building. XX, Fage 10 K. S. Breckenrldge of Chicago points out ths vital Influence of tin cans in the civilisation of the world. X, Fage S MORE PAY FOR MAIL SERVICE Oeeaa Poatolnces Malatalned ea Liners Are Declared Moat Satisfactory. NBW TORK, Aug. IT. After an Investi gation of the system of ocean postofflcs on Transatlantic liners as conducted from English, Oerman and French porta,' John T. McClearyv third asslstsnt postmaster general returning here today on board the Steamship Celtic, declared that the service on the various steamship lines will be con tinued and efforts made to Install post offices on other lines. Mr. McCleary said the complaint of the North German Lloyd line that the compensation received by ths company was not sufficient, was Justified and that he had arranged that It sheuld be Increased. CASHIER SHORT IN ACCOUNTS Robert R. Gill of Stapletoa. W. T., Ac rested, bat relies Make Gaod. NEW TORK. Aug. 17.-Robert R. Gill, cashier of the Stapleton National bank of . 1 t a .. h- m rrut. ,h..il 1 k. DlVmuili m. vwv.u. iii.lcu Willi 1 being short In his accounts with the bank. 1 according to an announcement made by ; directors of the bank today. The shortage Is said to amount to about $12 000. QUI was ' released on ball and has since been assisting ' in straightening his accounts. His surety i has made good bis shortage. MOTION OF HARGIS DENIED Keateeky Fead Harder rates Will Be Trie la Elliott Cob at y. LEXTNOTON, Ky.. Aug. IT.-Judge Moody this afternoon, after listening to argu ments from both sides, overruled a motion by the commonwealth to remand ths case of Elbert Hargis. Bin Brttton and B. P. French, oharged with the assassination of Dr. B. IX Cox. to Breathitt county from Bandy Hook In Elliott county, wlw paA beea aa&t Xrvia Breathitt. GERMANY IS LOSING Her Influence 0er Turkish Policies is on Wane. LESS RESPECTED THAN BEFORE Diplomatic Relations Have Been Strained of Late. BRIDGE INCIDENT IS IN POINT Firm with Contract Has Never Been Giren Word to Begin. MONEY AT HANDJF0R THE WORK Military Sltaatloa la Tints Unsatis factory from Tarklsk Polat C View Long War Akead. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 17.-(Speclal.) German Influence In Turkey appears to be on the decline. For many years, and until quite recently, Germany enjoyed an ex ceptionally privileged situation In Turkey. Everywhere throughout the country the power of German Influence and the energy of German action were making themselves felt with Increased force. As regards pol itics, the imperial divan, or rather, Tlldis Kiosk, where Is centered all polltioal power, took no decision of any Importance without first consulting ths Oerman emperor, whose advice was always religiously listened to snd followed. It is only necessary to recall the events in Crete, the Greek war and the Mltylene Incident to be satisfied that In reality Germany directed Turkish policy. On the other hand. If German enterprises, commercial, financial or Industrial, have attained the high development and degree of prosperity they have, It Is greatly due to ' the Initiative, courage and activity of the Individuals interested and also to the encouragement and protection they obtain from their government. But there would be no exaggeration in saying that the prin cipal factor In their progress Is the marked favor which all German enterprises en Joyed up to the present from the Turkish authorities, from the highest person who gave the orders to the lowest who executed them, perhaps without enthusiasm, but al ways with fidelity. For fifteen years all the big orders for war material have gone to Germans; It was only necessary for Krupp's representative to make a tender for any other offer to be at once refused. The Ger mans have secured all the lmp rtant cireei slons.and the high posts In the army .and well paid posts in the government depart ments. Germaa Commerce Thrived. It was only natural that German com merce, under this high favor of the au thorities, developed greatly and little by little supplanted the trade of oilier coun tries. It Is, however, certain that for soma .time Its influence has been waning and a change has occurred tn high quar ters with regard to Germany. This Is partlcnlarly to be noticed in the evident tendency there 4s on the part of the gov ernment to oppose all demanda and claims, even the most just ones, If made by Ger mans, by offering Its pet weapon, pas sive resistance. In spite of all ths energy of the German ambassador, many ques tions which a few months ago would have been settled at once remain unsettled, be cause the government pays no attention to the demanda. One of these, which, as it is a purly business matter. Is of rela tively small Importance, but owing to the circumstances connected with It has a pe culiar signification. An Iron-floating bridge connects Galata and Btamboul. It is a famous bridge, and has been - so often described that It Is unnecessary to do so here. It Is, how ever, most famous for the way It has withstood the attacks of the elements and age and incessant collisions with the Turk ish ferry steamers, but in spite of every thing It continues to act as a Turkish bridge. It Is an absolute ruin, and the lives of thousands of people are dally en dangered by It. For over twenty years the government has been troubled by this state of things, which might lead to a catastrophe, and has several times thought of repairing It. But the execution of a plan takes a long time with the Turks. Anyhow, six months ago a German firm rot the concession for the construction of a new bridge. The contract was signed, and the bridge was to be ready for use tn twenty months, the government undertak ing to pay the cost of construction In regu lar Installments. Germans Arranged Loan. In order to make these payrao its the government agreed to contract a losn with the Deutsche bank of Sl.OOO.t'OO, to which the latter agreed. - It looked as If there was nothing more to be done but to set to work, but in spite of ie peated representations by the ambassa dor. In spite of the good will of the Deutsche bank, which offered to make the first payment without waiting for the guarantees, and In spite of the con stant danger to the population of the town nothing la done. The grand visier refuses all the facilities offered and al ways puts oft the first payment neces aary for the commencement of the work. The non-execution of this work, so es sential to the safety and comfort of the town. Is due to a question of offended dignity. When ths last loan was ob tained in France by the Turkish gov. ernment a certain amount of the loan waa used for purchases from French firms. The greater part of the' order were given to Creusot, but still a sum of WS0.000 remained over for French firms, and then the Turks had tha grand idea of giving to the French who did not want it the construction of the. bridge. Acting at once, the process verbal was prepared and sent by the porta for the Imperial sanction, but In Turkey everything la known as soon, or sooner, than It la done, and the Gor man Ambassador got wind of the -xtlxit before ths sultan had even receive! the papers. He at once went to ths palnce and In very strong language protested against the concession being given to anyone except a Oerman firm. He said that during the last twelve years the ultan had several times promised. In the moat precise and formal manner, that the bridge should be rebuilt by a German firm and that he bad come to demand the fulfillment of tha promise. Within twenty-four hours the contract was signed between the Ottoman gov. ernment and a Oerman firm.' But the porte took the affair personally as aa insult and has done everything poaslble to hinder the conclusion of the ousfneas. It la Impossible to suppose that the port Is doing this entirely on hla own responsibility, he tn all things It Is gov. CeaUBiMd. PA JOfUi f sa SHE HOLDS SERVICE P' ,sv I Mrs. Msisss of Ayrshire. Probably Oldeat Vr la GLASGOW. Aug .1.) Mrs. Ll- mond of Mlnlsh, oole, Ayrshire, who Is the oldest - v ' .ilstress In Great Britain, and probabv In the world, has Just received a persons! letter of congratu lation Prom Mr. Sydney Buxton, postmaster general. Mr. Buxton, after speaking of the efficient and faithful service which Mrs. Ll mond has rendered to the department for over half a century, concludes: ' is a pleasure to me to learn that at , z years or age, wun nny-rour years or retrospect on postofflce duties, you still find yourself able to dlschsrge the duties effi ciently, and I cordially wish you a long ex tension of life and health." Mrs. Llmond, who has lived tn the reigns of five sovereigns, wss born on April 28, 1813, and her declaration of sen-Ice In the postofflce Is dated November, 1862. She has occupied the same house In Mlnlshant for sixty-four years. Tall, erect, lithe and nim ble, with memory and eyesight unimpaired, she Is one of the most wonderful women for her age test Scotland has produced. Her handwriting, for legibility and steadi ness. Is as clear as that of a girl of 19, and her accounts and bocks are kept with a correctness and neatness that Is the ad miration of the department inspectors. Mrs. Llmond said she became postmistress at the request of Sir Rowland Hill. EARTHQUAKES FOR SUMMER Austrian Scientist Deelnrea This Season to Be More Favorable for Tkese Tremors. LAIBACH OBSERYATORT, Austria. Aug. 17. (Special.) Prof. Belar ssys that the series of earthquakes which began July 1 still continues at different points. Scries and groups of earthquakes appear much more distinctly In the summer than In the colder season. While In that season almost dally reports of earth unrest are received, we observe In summer thousands lasting for several days and even weeks. The explanation may be found In the fact that In the eolder periods the almost contin uous general earth unrest Is the occasion of the individual shocks, but In summer this unrest almost entirely disappears, and with It the Incentive to the shocks. All the more noticeable Is, therefore, the ap pearance1 of the above noted signs of earth quakes which often begin with a series of local disturbances and culminate In a world catastrophe,' which we register here aa a distant earthquake. Were this order of proceeding reversed, we could say that the series of earthquakes was the sequel of the catastrophe. But we are, therefore, all the more compelled to believe that there may be other external forces which exercise an influence on our seismic center. LIDGETT WILL BE SECRETARY Hla Flection Results from Recent Session of Wceleyan Confer ence nt London. LONDON, Aug. IT. (Special. At the re cent session of the Wesleyan conference, a vote was taken to designate the presi dent for the conference, which ia to meet in Tork m-xt year. Dr. George Flndlay. the wall-known New Testament scholar, refused to be nominated on account of physical weakness. The Rev. John Scott Lldgett headed the poll with 260 votes, but had a close second in the Rev. William Perkins of the mission house, who secured 243 votes. The Rev. John Hornabrook was designated secretary for 1908. The Rev. J. Scott Lldgett, M. A., Is one of the strongest progressive forces In Wes leyan Methodism today. He Is an "out-and-out" Methodist, a member of the legal hundred, one of the secretaries of the committee of privileges, and serves on a number of the Important committees. He Is a powerful speaker, steeped In the tra ditions if Methodism and well Informed on current questions. In addition to these qualifications, he has taken considerable share in matters outside his church, both those relating to free churches generally and also to civic life. He was a member of the old London school board. He has written several books. INTEREST IN NEWEST OPERA Blgnor Leoncavallo Has Written to Be First Rang la America. One GENEVA, Aug. 17. (Special. )-Great In terest Is being evinced concerning Slgnor Leoncavallo's opera, "La Camlcla Rossa," which he has Just finished at Brissago. Thfe date for the first private representation has not yet been definitely fixed, as some of the principal singers who have been engaged are not yet free to take up their new roles. hk ' ,.4,r .n I the handling of grain for the Omaha mar librettos for Adrienne Lecouvreur. "Fe-!. . ... . , . , . . dors." "Gloria," etc., has collaborated with Leoncavallo in the new opera. Among those present at Brissago, and who are taking a great interest In the new play, are Maestro ', 'l wr the rirrrtnr of tha UrAtmrmlltan ' r-r. h... .t N Vnrw v...t 1 r Manconelll,. the author of "Psoloe Fran cesco." Leoncavallo will give the first pub lic representation oC "La Camlcla Rossa" In America, probably at the Metropolitan opera house, and will tour in America. TWO NEW TITIAN PICTURES One Represents the Masidalea aad the Other Descent from the Cross. MILAN. Aug. 17. (Special.) Two hitherto unknown pictures of Titian have been dis covered In a small church In the village of Tract. Dalmatia. The pictures are of great artistic value. The discovery Is due to the painter, Paradlso, of Trieste. The mayor of tha town of Ascoll Plceno has received from a representative of the Italian government the famous cope pre sented by Pope Nicholas IV, which waa bought by Pierpont Morgan and then con signed to the Italian government, after being deposited at the South Kensington museum. The cope was stolen from Ascoll cathedral In August, 1902. VIOLINIST MUST PAY FINE En nene Years Is Obliged to Settle for Boalnsx Ear ef Uaard. BRUSSELS. Aug. 17.-Speclal. Judg ment has been given in the Antwerp courts In the case of Eugene Tsaya, tha Belgian violinist, and his brother, Theo Ysaye, the composer, who are charged with assault ing a railway guard while traveling from Antwerp to Brussels In March last. The guard alleged that when he asked to see their tickets the defendants boxed his ears with such violence that he haa since be come deaf. The Tsayea, who dsnled the charge, were each fined $30 and were or dered to lUArd llrM dauagea. GRAIN RATES ARE CUT Formal Order is Issued by Nebraska Railway Commission. CORN REDUCED TEN PER CENT Thirteen Per Cent is Taken Off the Tariff on Wheat HEARING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 9 Revised Schedules to Be Effective One Month from that Date. RAILROADS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Had No Intimation that Board Con. template Bach na Order Offi cials Are Bur with Hearings. (Froc a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 17.-(8peclal.) The State Railway commission lias agreed upon Its proposed schedule of rates for the ship ment of grain and has served notice on the various railroads of ths date of the hear ing. The reduction on corn rates will average the state over, 10 per cent, while on mheat, It will average IS per cent. In some Instances the reduction will be 18 per cent, but the general average will be as stated. The dates for the hearing have been set as follows: Burlington and Great Western, September 9; Northwestern and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, September 13; Union Pacific and St. Joseph A Grand Island, September 11; Missouri Pacific, Sep tember 16, and Rock Island, September 17. Under the commission law. It will be up to the corporations to show the rates are not compensatory If they object to the reduction and. Inasmuch aa these reduc tions are In addition to the 15 per cent cut provided for In the Aldrlch maximum freight rate law enacted by the recent leg islature, a big time Is anticipated at the several hearings. While the railroads have been observing the Aldrlch bill, they claim it provides a rate which Is not compensa tory and Is therefore Illegal. This law Is now being tested In the courts. Roads Taken by Surprise. The notice In The Bee Friday afternoon was the first Intimation the railroads had of the proposed reduction In rates and they Immediately set themselves to work to verify the story which they soon found to- be true. B. H. Wood, general freight agent of the Union Pacific, said he had not heard of the case before and thought If It -was true It was something the commission was working up on Its own Initiative and not In conformity with anything which was done by the legislature. E. J. McVann was out of the city, but It was thought tn some circles that he was the Instigator of the move to force lower rates on the roads. The reduction of 15 per cent two months ago and now another reduction of 10 per cent Is looked upon by the railroads as hitting them pretty hard. Should this reduotion be put through it will make the rates generally pretty low for Nebraska and should be a great move -r the Omaha Grain exchange, provided the ro-'s do not make similar reductions to other ."Issourl river points, which they may be competed to do. The railroads will be given a hearln September 9, at which time they say they will surely put up a fight, as they cannot stand the continuous reductions. Officials Kept Bnsy. High officials in the freight departments of the railroads are busy Individuals these dsys and are continuously kept on the move to attend the various hearings before the state and Interstate commissions. A hearing was to have been held August 13 on proposed reductions of the oil rates In carload and less than carload lots, but a postponement was taken until August 28. The complainants are the Marshall Oil company, the National Refining company and the National Petroleum company. These companies have filed complaints with the stste commission that oil rates are too high In Nebraska as compared with other states. The, railroad commission of South Dakota has set August 29 as the date for the hear ing, at which time it will prescribe maxi mum rates for the handling of passengers and freight. Complaint has been made with the state commission by the Omaha Grain exchange that the Great Northern refuses to fur nish equipment on the O'Neill branch for i ket The date of the hearing is August 23. Lead, S. D., has complained to the In ; terstate Commeroe commission thst the ! rates to Lead are too high In comparison ! with the rates to Denver and other west- "11 cities. The hearing was set for Au- . u . gust 26, but Lead has asked for a post- ponement for two weeks. Grata Men's Side of It. ' The 10 per cent reduction In Nebraska grain rates, which the State Railway com mission haa ordered, will deprive Kansas City of some of Its advantage over Omaha tn southern Nebraska, unless the railroads resolve to cut rates to Kansas City also. It will swell receipts at Omaha. When rates were cut In the state by the Nebraska legislature, the railroads Im mediately "equalised" the rates to Kansas City, so that the Omaha market gained nothing by the law. The grain men hope that this time the railroads will not equal ize, but will allow Omaha to have Its rightful advantage in the matter of grain gTown in Nebraska. LARGEST RENTAL IN WORLD Several Companies Affiliated with United States Steel Cornoratloa' Select Offices. NEW TORK, Aug. IT The largest rental paid anywhere tn the world for business quarters will be that contracted for the several companies affiliated with the steel corporation. Nine of the leading concerns In the steel trsde have leased four floors In the building which the Hudson Tunnel com pany Is erecting as a terminal for Its tun nels under the Hudson. The companies will pay $60,000 year for each floor, which equals an annual rental of $140,000. This vast outlay will be paid for tan years, for which period the leases have been made. The concerns which have con tracted this rental are The American Steel Hoop company, American Steel and Wire company. National Tube company, Ameri can Steel and Tin Plats company. National Btsel company. American Bridge company, Shelby Steal Tube company. United States Steel Products and Exports company and tiie Lor aloe. Steel company. ROADS HIT FOR BIQ RAISE! Wyoming State Tloard of F.qanllsatlon Inerrasea Aaaeasment of Cor porate Property. CHETENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 17.-Speclal.)-The Stste Board of Equalisation has com pleted Its labors In one of the most Im portant sessions ever held by that body, and has announced that the total assessed valuation of all property In the state this year Is IS4.5flp.00O, an increase of 13.5i0 over the valuations for 190S. The state levy this year Is 6 mills, an Increase of of a mill over the levy tn 1KI. The as sessed valuotlon of corporate property this year Is approximately J14.071.000, as against approximately (7,600.000 last yesr, an In crease of P600,ono. The revenue from taxes this year will amount to about 1(19, 000, as against approximately 1100.000 last year, an Increase of $119,000. Corporate property will this year yield approxi mately S91.000 In taxes, ss sgalnst ap proximately 144,000 In li(l. an increase of $47,000. The Increase In valuations of prop erty In this, Laramln county, approximate Sl.OOO.ftlO over the valuations of last year. Railroads valuntlona have been increased W per cent, with the exception of the Oregon Short Line, which, was Increased BO per cent, and the Burlington 40 per cent. The valuation of Pullman cars remain the same. Nearly all classes of property now show Increased valuations In the new schedule Issued by the board. For more than Ave years a number of the newspoiers of the state have advo cated Increased valuations of railroad and other property, but until now the board has turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of the people for a square denl. At the recent meeting of the Wyoming Press association at Lander resolutions were psssed favor ing a more equitable valuation of prop erty In the state. MUTUAL LIFE LOSES SUIT Jadsxe MePherSnn Hecldes.Case In volving; Death of Law rence Man. TOPEKA. Kan., Aug. 17.-Smlth Mc Pherson of Red Oak, Ia., Judge of the United States district court for the east ern district of Iowa, today filed a de cision here denying the application of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New Tork for an order to exhume the body of the late Lucius H. Perkins of Law rence, Kan. Perkins died In June last after a fall from the top of his residence at Lawrence. In December, 1906, Perkins had taken out a policy for $100,000 In the Mutual Life company. After his death this company refused to pay his heirs the amount of the policy and filed a pe tition before Judge McPherson, In the dis trict court at Kansas City, asking the court for an order to exhume the body and to allow an analysis to be made. In dicating that deceased had died from pois oning. The heirs 'of Perkins filed a de murrer to the bill of complaint. Judge Mc pherson, In his decision flled today, de nies the apllcatlon of complainant for an order to exhume the body, sustains the demurrer of the complainants, anr orders thkt the insurance company pay the costs of the suit. Mr. Perkins at the time of his death held policies In various compan ies aggregating $800,000. Several of these companies have already paid the face value of these policies. Judge McPherson sustains the plea of the defendants that the oourt lacka Jurisdiction, but says that his refusal to grant the or der asked by the complainants Is without prejudice to any further application to this court or any other court in any action on or concerning the policy of lnsuranoe referred to In the bill of complaints. JOHN OWENS TAKES LIFE Infatuation for Woman Who Refuses Ills Attentions Cause of Suicide. CINCINNATI. Aug. lT.-John E. Owens, well known newspaper writer and traveler, whose Infatuation for Mrs. "Iionnle" Tucker, the former wife of a politician of this city, led him to desert his wife and home and travel around the country with her, committed suicide at a rooming house In this city late yesterday. Owens ended his life by swallowing laudanum after he had a brief Interview with Mrs. Tucker, In which he pleaded for a reconcllallon and was refused. Owen's death waa the climax of his sensational escapade with Mrs. Tucker In Mexico City months ago. After the two had reached tho Mexican capital Owens caused a sensation by appealing to the police to locate his "wife," who had left him, supposedly on account of his In sane Jealousy. A few days later she went to Oklahoma City and on the same train was Frank Ballard, an American hotel keeper of Mexico City, at whose hotel the couple had stopped. Owens started In pur suit, claiming that Ballard had Induced Mrs. Tucker to leave him. He wired the police authorities of Oklahoma City to arrest the couple on a charge of smug gling. Owens wss himself arrested for threatening the woman. Mrs. Tucker and niiart were released. Owens finally rot out of Jail and followed the object of his Infatuation. He effected a reconciliation, but they again separated. UNITED STATESJIAVY SECOND Haa Made Remarkable Advance la Its Flghtlna- Strength Lately. NEW TORK,. Aug. 17. The tenth annual Issue of F. T. Janes' Fighting Ships In 1907, which Is one of the recognised authori ties on the navies of the world, and which has Just been published In London, puts the United States second among the naval powers of the world, with England first. Speaking of the United States navy, Mr. Janes In his preface says: "The extraordi nary high figures for United States ships afford food for consideration, for both m ships with high powered guns or Impervious to vital Injury at long range, the United Btes fleet is superior to any other navy In the world. Even by the Inclusion of forty-cal!ler twelve-Inch types, extinct so far as new ships are concerned, the United States Is an extremely good second, and the corresponding lead In Invulnerability outside 7,0u0 yards is considerably in creased." MORE EXCAVATING MACHINES Fourteen New Steam Shevrla to Be Added to Panama Canal Kqnlpmeat. WASHINGTON. Aug. lT.-Steps for ex pediting ths excavating work on the Panama canal, by the award of contract for furnishing fourteen new steam shovelx, have been taken by the Isthmian Canal commission. There are almost sixty shovels there now, so that the added number will Increase the working excavating capacity about IB per cent. Deliveries of these ma otlnes axe to begin wlUUa sixtf BROKERS SIGN SCALE Commission Men Aree to Pay Opera tors Union Wages. APPROVE SCHEDULES SUBMITTED Striken Count This Substantial Hel in Their Fight. SCALE CARRIES MORE PA1 Railroads Are Liable to Be Hit by Strike. SAY THEY COURT NO TROUBLE Managers Disclaim f ha race of Prejn. dice Analnst Operators Decease 'I her Are Ont on strike. The striking telegraph operators hav submitted schedules of wages to com nilHslon brokers and secured Indorsements j and therefore have practically unionised these shops. The case of William T. Archibald, a slilKer from the Western Union who says he was tlim'hargvd after working three ilays tor the Burlington, because he had taKen port In the strike, threatens to causa f rlct Ion -between the l nil rond and the Or der of Hallway Telegraphers. Mr. Archi bald says when he asked why he was dis charged he got from the chief operator the reply that General Manager Holdrege had Issued an order not to employ men whs had left the telegraph companies. G. W. Loomis, nHSistant to the general manager, In the absence of Mr. Holdrege, says no such order was ever Issued. "1 know nothing whatever about the Archibald incident," said Mr. Loomis, "but we are no t discriminating agulnst the strikers. All we ask a man is whether he can do the work." President Graul of the local telegraphers' union has detailed Archibald's story to President Small of the national order at Chicago and has asked him to take the matter up with the Order of Railway Telegraphers and demand an Investigation, An answer from Mr. Small la expected Sunday. "We have no antipathy to the strlkerg and would Just as soon hire them as any body else," said Superintendent Park of, the Union Pacific. "We consider efflclen- alone. However, I do not know that a.. of the strikers have applied to the com pany here for positions." Demands for Broker Operators. The union this afternoon presented cori tracts to the Updike Grain company ar,4 the Omaha Commission company, the only brokerage concerns ' that employ union operators and that have not signed, Tha contracts provide for a wage scale ranging from $35 to $36 a week, with an average of about $30. Aa both the operators and their employers show a disposition to yield In some particulars, it is believed that an agreement will be reached and the con tracts signed before night. Contracts were signed In Chicago for the Logan A Bryan local office, and for W. C, Sunderland, who represents Bart let t, Frasler & Car rlngton of Chicago. STRIKE DOES NOT HURT TRADB Tleap of Wires Is Not Aflfectln Business. The strike of the telegraphers has had had no appreciable effect on local business so far. Nor has It affected the prices of i any commodities. "If It were not for the newspapers we wouldn't know there was a strike on," said Manager Pickens of Paxton & Gallagher. "The mall service Is so good that any or ders mailed out In the state last night I are In our hands this morning. The long- , distance telephone has been filling all out : needs where the telegraph failed, but the i telegraph really has not failed where we wanted It. I "The messenger boys' strike gave ua I more Inconvenience than anything else. : We were a little crippled the two day i the boys were out." I Local stocks and bonds have not suf ' fered and are, If anything, slightly stronger I than before the strike. The trend of rail ' road stocks Is downward all along the line, j as shown by the quotations from New Tork. There Is scarcely a national rail I road or Industrial stock that has not j dropped very matertully since Monday. PURE FOOD BILL IN LONDON John Burns Mnkes Speech la House of Commons Supporting; the Measure. LONDON. Aug. 17. The pure food bill In- troduced by John Burns, president of the ' local government board, haa been adopted In the House of Commons. This bill enable the Board of Trade to Institute stringent regulations for the "prevention of the dan ger arising to the public health from the Importation, preparation, storage and dis tribution of articles of food." In the course of the discussion of the I measure Mr. Burns said he had heard I "from countries not colonies," that the "so called vigorous regulations already l ad been relaxed and that things were drilling I to the lax conditions, " the revelation of which a year ago had shown that Oreat ' Britain waa In danger." WABASH TRAIN TOO SWIFT Tender Leaves Track Near Randolph Mo., aad Twe PaeseaajssjS) Are Injured. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug. 17-Wabash passenger train No. . that left St. Louis ' yesterday afternoon, was wrecked at Kan j dolph, Mo., ten miles from Kansas City, ' last night. The two rear cars, a chair car J and a buffet and observation cer, were I overturned. Five persons were Injured, ; but none seriously. The Injured are the I following: Francis C. Ian, Los Angeles rlh broken. Fred Ashe, Tarklo, Mo., leg broken. The accident was due to the rear wheels of the tender leaving the track when the train a as running fast to make up time. BOYS TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN Burlington Detective Holds Four Un der Arrest at l.ueas, la., on Ihla Charge. CRESTON, la., Aug. 17. (By Long THe lanes Telephone.) Infective Btanhrldge of the Burlington secret service hss arrested four boys at Luc us on a charge f at tempting to wreck Burlington train No. sometime ago. Ralls were fastened to the track and a bad wreck was narrowly verted. The ram of the boys are hot knewn here. ri i f-'i t t 04 t It! or I ith ; mtt t " tiiac 4 17 . t: is ; 4- fe odl lh he Idly I r p- ken wo.-: U. i i